the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
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darkening or obscuring the sight of something
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Obfuscation \Ob`fus*ca"tion\ ([o^]b`f[u^]s*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. obfuscatio.] The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being darkened. ``Obfuscation of the cornea.'' --E. Darwin.
Daniel J. Mitchell of the Citizens for a Sound Economy, a Washington-based think tank, tackled the problem in pursuit of the foundation's public interest, which is to penetrate economic obfuscation and educate the citizenry.
Such obfuscation gives shareholders little chance to exercise their due right to approve or veto the actions of management.
I hope there's no obfuscation.
Indeed, capitalisation of interest only becomes a real problem for readers of accounts when its extent is obscured within an off-balance-sheet subsidiary. Rosehaugh's extensive use of off-balance-sheet finance gave it a reputation for obfuscation.
Khashoggi allegedly bought them for Marcos as part of "obfuscation maneuvers" during the ex-president's 20-year rule in the Philippines, Swiss officials said.